BY: VANESSA NIGRO How many times have you caught yourself uttering the phrase, “Just Google it,”? For many, Google and other popular search engines hold the answer to any question, like an all-knowing God speaking infinite wisdom to its virtual…
Fighting hunger instead of humans – Food Not Bombs
By JACKIE HONG Jon Stepanian’s a busy guy. He’s been up since 6 a.m. driving around Long Island, New York, picking up and logging food donations and then helping to distribute them. And he’s not even done yet – he’s…
Toronto designer, Jay Wall, fights corporate greed
BY:ATLAS One wintery night in early 2012, Jay Wall laid down a handmade stencil on a Toronto sidewalk. Crouched at the corner of College Street and Manning Avenue, he pulled out a can of white spray paint and began to…
My first time tripping on acid
Down the rabbit hole we go. A few cigarettes were being passed around as I watched the grains of soil slowly become magnified. “Have a drag man, it’ll speed up your bloodstream. The acid will hit you harder” Tyler said.…
Confessions of a sex worker with a Masters Degree
By GARY SEWARD What if your resume read like this: “Hello gentlemen, I am Robert. I am 22 5’8 and 150 lbs. I’m the perfect twinky companion for the 9-5er who wants to escape and find a relaxing, enjoyable young…
This bicycle reaches speeds above 130km/h: The world’s fastest bicycle
BY: ATLAS AeroVelo’s fifth-floor McCaul Street space looks more like a bike repair shop than a lab. Bikes lean against the wall in the hallway, a makeshift elliptical sits in the corner of one room, tools and loose parts litter…
Permaculture: Realizing that food comes from the ground, not a store
BY: PILGRIM The short-term benefits of environmental abuse are too large to abandon, at least with the threat of disaster so far at bay. We’ve still got about 15, maybe 20 years before the fire of climate change arrives. How…
Aquaponics – The cure to world hunger for the price of fish food
By: PILGRIM In 1969, John Todd, Nancy Jack Todd, and William McLarney discovered aquaculture: a self-sustaining hybrid between an organic hydroponic garden (grown from water) and personal fish farm. The complementing relationship between fish and plant habitats allows one to…
The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline is a domestic project with global consequences
BY: TYLER FYFE PHOTOGRAPHY: CONNOR BRIAN Economy is not the opposite of environment. Profit is not synonymous with prosperity. Our idea of progress is its definition. The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline was approved June 17th 2014, marking the beginning of the…
26-year-old rides bike 2913 miles to prove a point
BY: LAURA ROJAS 26 year old Julian Rojas was born and raised in Colombia. He graduated from Industrial Engineering three years ago after studying at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. Having always been an avid biker and life…
Hands & Teeth Clench Indie Ears
On Saturday night, Hands & Teeth electrified Earth Hour with an intimate and intensely groovy acoustic set at The Imperial. Just in from their last tour stop in Quebec, with veteran stamina the band went straight from the tour van…
Surfing The Chillwave – DIANA
Held as one of Toronto’s best breakout bands of 2013, DIANA continues to elevate their stature among the city’s sound waves. Signing with indie-powerhouse, Jagjaguwar in early 2013, their signature contemplative synth-pop sound serves as constant justification of why…
First Rate People climb paper mache mountains
Electronic-pop collective, First Rate People have been painting their name across the indie sky leaving music lovers with the same sublime buzzing that one feels resonating after the settling of the perfect summer storm. With their bouncy production style and…
The Sheepdogs prove that vintage is forever cool
BY: TYLER FYFE Three time Juno award-winning band, The Sheepdogs, are bringing masculinity back to music with stadium-ready rock anthems that are just as epic as their beards. The Saskatchewan natives who have been making music since early 2004 are…
Dreaming In Black And White – Dinosaur Bones
Since signing an international record deal in 2010 with heavyweight Canadian independent music label Dine Alone Records, Dinosaur Bones has continued to further entrench their signature sound in the hearts of indie-music lovers everywhere. Since the acclaimed success of their…
Teenage art prodigy, Joshua Tiessen, paints change
Endowed with exceptional artistic ability, Joshua Tiessen has already garnered the artistic recognition still sought after by many professional artists more than twice his age. At the young age of eighteen, Tiessen has attracted the attention of international and Canadian…